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Release Date: 08 June, 2000 Retail Price: $19.98 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: |
Baby Bach Reviews
If Daddy/Mommy can play Bach, then baby will love it
Daddy is a professional guitar player. He can play Bach on his guitar, but not Mozart - at least he doesn't try, and I haven't found a Fingerpicking Mozart book for him. Anyway, our son loves this video more than Mozart and Einstein - probably because he recognizes the Minuet in G and Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring selections that his Daddy plays to him on the guitar.
As for the creator's daughters appearing in this video more than the others, well our son loves those parts. He laughs and shrieks with joy when he see them. He also talks to them - he started doing this as soon as he could make noises. He is a bit of a flirt... If the creator had a son, I'm pretty sure you would see him on her videos.
Our son also seems to prefer the visuals in this one, at least he watches them more. I guess the images are more of a psychadelic nature - they are mesmerizing, which suits him just fine. It's also one of the few videos he doesn't fall asleep on, Einstein knocks him out every time.
Entertaining but not really educational
This is the first video in the series, that my daughter, then 10 months old recieved. She loved it from the beginning, and will still watch it 4 months later. Since then we have purchased more of these videos (Mozart, Shakepeare, Van Gogh and the 2 Baby Dolittles) and she has varied responses to them. Baby Bach uses toys, real children and other objects while playing "baby friendly" music. This formula works, my daughter is entertained by most of this video, especially the chicken and the robot segment, and with the exception of the lava lamp segment which will initially capture her attention but soon lose it. The video segments work around the introduction of the ascending scale sounded out throughout with still images of instuments. I have no problem with Julie Aigner-Clark using her own children in this video, but I think that may be on of the reasons this video comes across as so amateurish. Perhaps the use of live action children could have smoothed out the transitions between video clips and still images but instead, the overall feel is somewhat choppy. The use of Bach's music is good, but there really isn't much of it overall in this video because of all the sound effects that score the toy segments. Overall, I would have to say that baby Mozart was a better effort than Baby Bach. As with that video, I think the age range (1-36 months) is too broad. There are loud noises that can readily frighten young babies while the extremely repetitive and static nature of much of this video may bore older toddlers. There is no excuse, however, for the last bit of this video which is a selection of out-takes. Of what purpose, educational or entertainment are blooper clips of her daughters? You get to see the younger one flaying around on the floor, taking off sun glasses, and the older one mouthing "Mommy please stop laughing" and mugging for the camera. I'm sure, as their mother, she found this very cute. As a viewer, I found it extremely self-indulgent. Because of this, I turn the TV off so neither I or my daughter need be subject to the the antics of little Sierra and Aspen. If you want a change of pace from Baby Mozart, this video will do, but if you want to buy either one or the other, I would recommend Mozart.
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